No Need for Alarm

Track Listings

1. You're in Shambles

2. Catch a Bad One

3. Wack MC's

4. No Need for Alarm

5. Boo Booheads

6. Heats for the Kiddies

7. Worldwide

8. No More Worries

9. Wrong Place

10. In and Out

11. Don't Forget

12. Miles to Go

13. Check It Ooout

14. Thank Youse

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Good, but it only gets better from here...
This is Real Hip-Hop
(4+half) Sound the ALARM for a hiphop genius!!!
4.5 - Established Del as One of My Favorite MCs
Del shows his flow-

No Need for Alarm
Del tha Funkee Homosapien
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

You're In Shambles
Catch A Bad One
Wack M.C.'s
No Need For Alarm
Boo Booheads
Heats For The Kiddies
Worldwide
No More Worries
Wrongplace
In And Out
Don't Forget
Miles To Go
Check It Ooout
Thank Youse

Customer Reviews:

Good, but it only gets better from here..........2007-04-21

Maybe nostalgia plays a big roll in it, but Del's 2000 release, 'BOtBoth Sides of the Brain is my favorite hip-hop album of all time. Del's second album, 'No Need for Alarm', is not nearly as good but it is still a dope release and will remind you why you love Del in the first place. Del, since his first album dropped in the early 90's has always been a refreshing change of pace from the usual gangsta rap and other various assorted crap clogging up the genre. Sure, I love gangsta rap if it's good, but you have to take a break from it sometimes and Del's follow-up to 'I Wish my Brother George Was Here' is just the perfect album to do so.

Although all of Del's albums albums are superb (including the seldom mentioned and harder to find 1997 release 'Future Development, which is definitely a great album, but in a different way than other Del releases), I would have to say that his 2000 masterpiece tops anything else he - or any other rapper - has ever done.

This is Real Hip-Hop.......2007-04-20

Even if the subject is fairly constant, even if many of the tracks are battle-raps, there's no mistaking that the beats and flow of the lyrics are second to none.

I've been listening to this album since it was released and I still catch pieces of lyrics I didn't fully grasp before. Del and 3E-Vision belt em out with an ease and approach that makes you smile with delight.

No More Worries and Catch a Bad One are 2 of the most lyrically diverse, gifted and ecelctic HH tracks ever put together. Don't miss em.

(4+half) Sound the ALARM for a hiphop genius!!!.......2007-03-28

This is the album that really re-enforced DEL's standing amongst the hiphop fraternity. After his debut "I Wish My Brother George Was Here" he was given more creative control and really expressed the DEL that we all know+love. He produced alot of the tracks himself and he did a stellar job along with the rest of his Hiero camp and the SD50's. Although the majority of the subject matter is aimed at weaker mc's and the state of hiphop there are afew other tracks such as "Boo Boo heads" (about nasty chicks), "Wrongplace" (multiple scenarios involving being in the wrongplace at the wrongtime), "Don't Forget" (reminding cats not to forget where they come from after they've blown up) and "Thank Youse" (a dedication to his fam+friends). The production is very dark with heavy basslines added to sharp high-hats and horns combined with eardrum shaking beats. Lyricswise this is were DEL's more obscure+off the wall delivery started becoming apparent. Having all of DEL's albums and all the Hiero material I'd have to say this is him at his peak from start to finish. Standouts were every last track but my personal favourites are "You're In Shambles", "Catch A Bad One" (my favourite DEL track ever), "No Need For Alarm", "Boo Boo Heads", "No More Worries", "Wrongplace", "Check It Ooout" and "Thank Youse". The best material from DEL ever (along with Deltron3030).

4.5 - Established Del as One of My Favorite MCs.......2007-01-23

I'd heard some Del before this album. I had the Deltron 3030 and I'd heard his Gorillaz stuff and I'd enjoyed it quite a bit but it didn't really leave me hungry for more. I had him pegged as one of those left-field rappers that sound like geniuses if you're in the right mood but are unappealing the rest of the time. What I should have taken into account was that Deltron and the Gorillaz were both concept projects, not representative of Del as whole. I finally picked up this album because I'd heard good things and was straying from hardcore stuff into more laid-back hip-hop. When I listened to it, I was feeling it in a way I hadn't felt an album in a long time.

Now Del is one of my favorite MCs. This album showcases everything he does well. He has a very distinctive flow, delivering all his rhymes in a catchy fun sort of way instead of straightforwardly. This would keep his raps interesting even if you ignored the lyrics...but if you did that you'd be missing out. His rhymes are always clever, largely consisting of battle raps but with some storytelling and other things mixed in. Again, it helps that he has a catchy and fun way of saying things. He also spices it up with a slightly more advanced vocabulary than the average rapper has. What makes him so appealing is just his general attitude. Del seems to look at the world in a very humorous light, taking even constant bullets flying and police brutality as just some of life's absurdities. With this style, he manages to be gritty and laid-back at the same time. His voice also deserves mention. Del is one MC who couldn't possibly be mixed up with anyone else, with his thick but smooth sound.

The beats match the rhymes perfectly. They consist mostly of funky jazz loops, with the old-school acoustic drums to match. Many of them center around a string bassline, but some include horns, piano, and funk guitar.

Many people complain that this album is nothing but battle raps. This isn't 100% true, but they do take up probably half the album or more. This doesn't bother me because I enjoy just rhyming for the sake of rhyming if it's over a dope beat and has a tight flow, but this bothers a lot of people so it's worth a mention.

As far as I'm concerned, this is a hip-hop classic. The beats are smooth but still banging and musically impressive and the rhyming is clever and unique. It doesn't get too deep or too hardcore, but to me it doesn't need to. I would recommend it to any fan of Del, Hiero, jazzy hip-hop, or dope music, period.

Del shows his flow-.......2006-11-19

Del's second release is technically stellar; the production is classic early 1990's: simple, layered, catchy loops. The real standout, however, is Del's flow. I'd call out a specific track, but each one represents a mix of traditional and (then) experimental flows. I suppose 'Catch a Bad One' is the standout.

I've offended more than one woman by playing this album. Del's lyrics can come off too bravado and misogynist at first listen. I'm thinking specifically of Boo-Booheads, which sounds women-bashing initially but upon second listen reveals emotional frustration.

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F.A.N.T.A.S.T.I.C.!
At LAST the complete series ORIGINAL soundtrack, the wait is over!

The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

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Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2005-01-04

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Customer Reviews:

F.A.N.T.A.S.T.I.C.!.......2006-02-02

I've got the original music (including v2 and v3), the books (the best is Heitland's The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Book; still in print);
the 22 VHS tapes issued in the early 1990's (a haphazard collection issued in no particular order of episodes that boasted famous guest stars). Can I please get the whole series on DVD? I have not seen Mother Fear toying with Illya (The Children's Day Affair) in over 40 years.

At LAST the complete series ORIGINAL soundtrack, the wait is over!.......2005-07-12

Many of us have always thought The Man From UNCLE had the best music for a TV series ever, and this three double CD release confirms this. Wow! I'd be just happy with one CD, but having SIX (three double CDs packages) is absolutely out of this world, I mean, a lifetime wait come true.

Indeed, this is an unbelievable collection of three double CDs packages with the complete series soundtrack, and I mean the complete music, not a tune is missing.

And this is the ORIGINAL Man From Uncle music. Let me stress the point: this is the four years ORIGINAL soundtrack with the original recordings as they were heard throughout the series, not a no-name orchestra doing personal versions of the stuff. The audio transfer is very, very good, the music from late episodes is even in stereo.

Each individual CD carries over 70 minutes of music. All in all there you have the four TV seasons main titles and all, absolutely all of TMFU unforgetable music.

This is not a chronological release, meaning, all CDs have a mix of music from all four TV seasons. Volume 1 is heavier on early TV seasons stuff, fans of Jerry Goldsmith will love it. Those of us who prefer what Gerald Fried and later Richard Shores did with TMFU music, then volume 2 is mandatory. If you are a fan, you can't miss any of these six CDs. However if buying all three double packages is too much for you, you must go with Volume 2, no questions asked. Volume three is the weakest of them as it brings "suites" and a whole CD with "The Girl From Uncle" soundtrack, but you have a bonus "Open Channel D" beeper.

Each package is gorgeous, each with a glossy color booklet with extensive liner notes with details on how each tune was written to a specific TV series episode and how it was used onwards. You have bios on the composers, on how the recordings were made, even an overview on how many instruments were available in each of the years the music was recorded.

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